Among its activities to mark World Radio Day 2012, UNESCO
has launched a new good practice handbook with case studies of community media
from around the world. The
publication draws on a diversity of experiences to provide inspiration and
support for those engaged in community media practice and advocacy and to raise
awareness and understanding of community media among policy makers and other
stakeholders.
Community Media: A Good Practice Handbook is a compilation
of 30 community radio and other community media examples demonstrating successful approaches to strengthening
public voice.
"The value
of this publication lies in the fact that it highlights problems while at the
same time offering possible solutions. It presents a useful empirical basis for
replicating time-tested decisions about how community media can become an even
more effective element of a free, independent and pluralistic media system of
any democratic society. This book will be a useful reference to community media
practitioners, policy-makers, researchers, community organizers, and other
media development stakeholders." From the Foreword by Wijayananda
Jayaweera, former Director, Communication Development Division/IPDC, UNESCO, Paris
Compiled and edited by Steve Buckley.
Published by
UNESCO and available free online at: